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CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
THURSDAY, MARCII 7, 1946
Clinton News -Record
The Clinton New Era Established 1865
The Clinton News -Record Established 1878
Amalgamated 1924
PUBLISHED EVERY T'HURSD'AY AT CLINTON, ONTARIO, CANADA
"The Hub of Huron County"
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B. 8. ATKEY H. L. TOMLINSON
Editor and Businees'Mauager Plant Manager
THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1946
SUPPORT THE JUNIOR CLUB MOVEMENT
With no 'less than twelve Junior Farmer Clubs a
possibility in Huron County this year, the time
has cube for the farmers and other residents,of
the County to lend their staunchest support to the boys
and girls themselves, and also to the sponsoring orgami-
rations, including Ontario Department of Agriculture,
Federation of Agriculture, agricultural societies, township
councils, and the Holstein Breeders' Association. A word
ofencouragement here and there on the part of adult_.
friends of the juniors may go a long way toward making
such clubs outstandingly successful.
According to Gerald E. Nelson, 'assistant agricultural
representative for. Huron County, who is in charge for
the Department, the five clubs in 1995, with a total mem-
bership of 93, should increase . to 12" this year, with a total
membership of 300. Mr. Nelson points out that it is a
great encouragement to the teenage groups to have some
local igroup take a friendly interest in their work, and the
offering of prizes does give some extra incentive. Even
more important, perhaps, is the touch of ceremony that
a sponsoring organization can give, When the club results
are announced and the prizes presented 'at the end of a
season's work. For example, calf clubs= -which • are ex-
pected to number seven in the Counity this year ---(have as
their objects: 1. To create greater interest among young
people in caring for, feeding and developing cattle; 2: To
develop a better general knolwledge of breed type and the
judging and selection of cattle; 3. To encourage the adop-
tion -better
ltd. n offeedingand management methods `
g t hod in the
club district; 4. To encourage the improvement of the • '
type and quality of the cattle in the district.
If these objects are worthwhile, then every organi-
zation 'and individual in the County of Huron should back
the juniors to the limit.
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• WASTING FOOD • IS A CRIME
Faniline is an ugly word. To die of sheer hunger
must be one of the worst. things that could befall
a human being, To get a little weaker eachday.
to wattoh death come to your Children and loved ones . .
this, indeed, must be the dregs of human misery.
In Europe there are a hundred million starved and
havif starved people. Millions are homeless, thousands
crippled, wounded, battered and forsaken, waiting for food.
If the people of Europe are to survive, we must
send more food to them. Not next summer or after an-
other crop, but now—Death won't wait.
Answering this recent desperate appeal for food for
Europe, Canada will ship an -additional 140 million bushels
of wheat and tons of flour. We have already shipped 200
miillion bushels overseas since August 1945. •
President Truman has taken drastic steps to help a
very (wide -spread famine in. Europe. The U.S.A. will eat
dark bread this year, and they have been warned that
foods will be scarce for months ahead. The President
stated that, if necessary, meat rationing would be re-
imposed there.
Australia has set a target for shipment to Brittain
of a' Million tons of wheat, eggs, dried fruit and meat, as
fast as shops can take it. ,
New South. Wailes already hasat dockside 54 million
bushels of wheat. Flour mills are working at their maxi-
mum capacity. More than 800 branches of the Red Cross
are working for a food -for -Britain fund.
Every housewife in Canada is urgently requested to
watch all waste in her home. The hard end of a loaf is
often thrown into the garbage& but a •child in Europe would
live a day on it.
In' times like these, wasting food— even in little
quantities — is a crime.
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EDITORIAL COMMENT
Thought for today --,Women can keep a . secret !but
it takes a lot of -them to do lit.
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A robing was seen here Tuesdaiy, and yesterday was
like a day in late April. Spring must be just around the
corner.
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Farmers of Huron County --and Goderich Tbwnnhip
palrticutarly—mow have a wonderful importunity to rid
themselves' of the nefarious warble fly. ,
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March caane an like a lamb and 'has remained like
one, unuch to the ehagrin»of local hockey players, officials
and supporters, • but to the delight of the ladies :who
bought their Easter bonnets early.
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ICiintonians have been responding nobly to the Red
Cross appeal for members. No one who heard 'Squadron
Leader Ernest HHarston's address at the monthly meeting
of the local branch could do else than support the alnbitious
peacetime programme of the Society.
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When is a motion not a motion? Clinton Town
Council passed a resolution Monday evening perinititing••tihe
Liens Club to hold a bingo in the Town Hall, March 18,
"subject to the approval of the Crown Attorney." It now
develops that the Crown Attorney has nothing to do with
granting such a permit; the derision rests with the council..
The. Speech From , The Throne
,,Excerpts from The Speech from
tie Throne delivered at the opening
of the Ontario Legislature in Toronto
Monday are follows:
"Ih making its submissions to
the (Dominion -Provincial) Conference
the Government of the Province of
Ontario proceeds upon the assumption
that the future strength of Canada
and the welfare of all its people will
depend upon the measure ,of co-or-
dination and continuing co-operation
which can be estab'lis'hed between all
governments in Canada and the ag-
encies of those governments, While
acknowledging• that each provincial
government owes• its primary respon-
sibility to ,the people of its own pro-
vince, we fully recognize the depend-
ence of the people of eery province
on the strength and vigour of the
whole nation for their continuing wel-
fare and prosperity.' We are also
convinced that the strength of. our
national .structure very largely de-
pends uopn the strength, independ-
ence, and self-reliance with which
each provincial government is able
to undertake its own allotted tasks.
These principles ore stated at the
outset so that it may be clearly under-
stood that our proposals ave made
in the belief that they should be
equally acceptable in every part of
Canada and are in no instance put
forward with the thought of giving
any special advantage .to those who
live in the Province of Ontario."
In those words is to be found a
clear expression' of the attitude of the
Government of Ontario and the man-
ner in which it believes that national
unity can best be attained. If that
spirit _prevails, an effective founda-
tion will be laid for steady and vig-
orous expansion throughout the whole
of Canada.
Education
During the past year, school boards
throughout Ontario have enjoyed the
advantage of the greatly increased
grants which were introduced last
spring. This has paved the way for
many improvements in existing
school arrangements. Those grants
have resulted in a very substantial
reduction in the local tax levies for
school purposes, and have encouraged
many boards of trustees to make more
adequate, provision for education.
The Royal Commission on Educe.
tion is continuing its important work.
Pending the report of the Commis-
sion, no further major changes are
contemplated. Some important de-
velopments, however, have . resulted
from recent legislative and financial
reforms. The movements towards
larger administrative school areas
bas been accelerated, and almost
40 per cent of the rural school sec-
tions are now included in township
school areas. Many county councils
are showing"keen' interest in the tee
ovo•anization of their high school dist-
ricts to assure adequate financial sup-
port for a diversified program in the
secondary schools. The number of
hielt schools offering' a modernized
course for rural pupils has doubled,
and more .than forty schools are now
nroviding this important service. Oth-
er similar developments are expected
within the next few months,
Attorney -General
In addition to a number of statu-
tory amendments designed to aid the
administration of justice, measures
will be introduced to improve police
services throughout the nrovinee and
in particular' to provide improved
policing fee rural areas.
The Liquor Authority Control. Act.
(19441 will be amended to inturove
the licensing and controlling of licens-
ed premises,
The Real Estate Brokers .Act will
be revised to provide for the licensing
and control of business brokers and
generally to improve the provisions
of the Act.
Forest Protection and Conservation
Reforestation will be greatly in-
tensified now that the war is over,
and a new forest nursery will be built
at RPmptville. Advanced methods of
aerial napping and ground surveys
are being utilized to provide a pelmet
nal forest inventory. Such an inven-
tory is a basic requirement for ef-
ficient management of our forest
areas.
Aericultnre
The agricultural industry of Ontario
has made a magnificent contribution
in the past fear to the required supply
of Foodstuffs for our own people, for
the people of Great Britain and the
liberated countries of Europe. In
s» ire of unfavourable weather con-
ditiont, shortage of labour and mach-
inery, the production 'on the farms o,F
Ontario was well maintained, par-
ticularly these 'important livestock
and dairy products which constitute
an important part of our production
for export, It is particularly gratify-
ing to learn that there bas been a
steady improvement in the quality of
farm products, notably in butter and
hogs. A continuation of this-itnprove-
nient is essential to the maintenance
of export trade in the years. ahead.
In the production of cattle, hogs,
calves. poultry, eggs, cheese and milk,
Ontario led all provinces in the Do-
minion. This diversification of our
agriculture has contributed greatly to
the stability of farming conditions in
this province, w,
In a determined effort to cope with
the animal diseases which have been
causing serious losses to the farmers
of Ontario, research and investigation
have been intensified at the Ontario
Veterinary College and the Ontario
Agricultural College during the past
year, Research in connection with
elisnt diaesser endt'he renver 'types
of insecticides and fungicides will be
extended during the 'present year so
that farmers may receive all possible
assistancein destroying those enemies
of crop production.
The need for increased facilities for
cold, storage and for the extension of,
farmer co-operatives has been recog-
nized,throughout the province, .and
many new projects have been cont-
eleted or put under way: Under. -the
Co-operative Marketing. Loan A et,
loans of approximately $300,000.00
will have been made during the fiscal
vear'of 1945.46. So that this activity
may be still further .expanded, legis -
«+.ion will he introduced to amend
this act to increase the amount of
loans which may be made to co;
operative cold storages from $50,000
to $6.5.000 and to co-operatives other
than cold storages from 5,000 to
$15,000, •
Legislation will also be introduced
to provide for the construction and
operation of a wholesale fruit and
produce terminal in the Toronto area,
and to provide for settinup a board
to manage and operate this market.
Amendmentsr Products,
to the Farm t ducats,
Grades and Sales Act, and to the
Farm Products Control Act, will be
introduced. Tinder the ferncer Act,
it is poposed to ,provide for regula
tions to license. all persons engaged
to the marketing of farm produce or
operating a fruit market. Amend-
ments to the Farm Products Control
Act,will clarify certain provisions of
marketing schemes already in force
under thie, Act.
Legislation will also' be introduced
to continue the provincial subsidies
on cheese, hogs and sugar beets, as
a means of maintaining the highest
possible level of production required
to .meet the critical food shortage
throughout the world.
Amendments will be introduced to
the Weed Control Act, to provide for
the in e
appointment of we -d inspectors
by county officials: instead of by
townshipcouncils in an effort to Im-
prove enforcement of the Act and pro-
vide for a more active campaign for
the eradication 'of the costly weed
menace. This legislation will also
make provision for the ann Ttii licens-
ing, at a nominal fee, of all persons
who operate seed cleaning plants in
the province.
Health
The Department of Health con-
tinues its extension of both direct
and indirect services. Increased main-
tenance grants to publicgeneral hos-
pitals have been made available to
certain designated hospitals and it is
planned to extend the principle of an
arbitrarily fixed per diem grant for
public ward beds to all such hospitals.
These increased grants and the im-
provement in accounting methods
which will be encouraged by_ the
system adopted should help to im-•
prove hospital standards throughout
the whole province.
Public Welfare
To eliminate the necessity of ter.
urinating Mothers' Allowance im
mediately after a child reaches its
sixteenth birthday, although this may
be in the middle of the school term,
amendments will be made to the
Mothers' Allowance Act which will
enable the continued payment of al-
lowance in such circumstances until
the conclusion' of the school year. An
Amendment will also be introduced
to overcome certain hardships so that
a deserted mother may qualify for an
allowance when her husband has not
been heardo foratleast oneyear.
f cess
Highway Traffic and Control
Increased financial assistance in
the form of interim payments of sub-
sidy and the extension of the 75 per
cent subsidy on bridges, to include
those on Suburban Roads was extend-
ed to, the municipalities. County and
Township road expenditures subsidiz-
ed by the Department were substan-
tially increased over the preceding
year.
Lt the corning year, it is proposed
to resume essential construction pro-
jects which were suspended at the
outbreak of war and also to carry
out a program of maintenance work
to restore road Surfaces and struc-
tures to a satisfactory condition. Par-
ticular attention will be given to the
relief of conbestion on those highways
having traffic 'volumes beyond their
present safety capacity. New high-
ways will be constructed to meet the
requirements of greatly expanded
mining • and lumbering activities
throughout Northern Ontario. Propos-
ed amendments to the Highway Im-
provement Act and the Highway
Traffic Act are of a minor character
to adjust both Acts to changed con-
ditionsollowin a war
f g
Industry and Labour Board
The Minimum Wage Act will be
broadened in scope and schedules of
pay and hours of work will be brought
more in line with present require-
ments. Regulations already designed
to increase rates of pay and guarantee
greater security to the women work-
ers of this Province will be put into
effect immediately.
A new departure for this Province
will be a minimum wage for men
which should prove of great value to
the unskilled and semi -skilled work-
ers.
Holidays with Pay
An amendment respecting holidays
with pay will be introduced which will.
carry into all industry the pro rata
basis of two per cent which was
adopted in the Building. Trades and
which worked so successfully,
Munic'pul Affairs
The Department of Municipal Af-
fairs estimates that a further re-
duction of $21,660,000 in the deben-
ture debt of the municipalities will be
shown for the year 1945. This is. a
reduction of 54.2 per cent of the gross
debenture debt as it stood in 1932,
This achievement by the municipal-
ities in tate Province of Ontario is un-
surpassed anywhere in the Dominion
with respect eitherto the amount or
percentage of reduction. Because of
this improvement, interest hates for
municipal borrowing are being aveng-
ed at the lowest figure in the history
of the Province.
Town Planning
Two bills will be introduced to pro-
vide for the organization of planning
authorities in urban and rural areas.
The Planning .Bill Will provide for the
establishment of Planning Boards, for
planning in unbar municipalities and-
for means to control load pses, and
to, permit expropriation' for housing
purposes.
Hydro Electric Power
8inee V -E day, the lifting of re-
strictions and the return to standard
time have increased domestic and
municipal use of electrical energy and
offset:the•recession of load by certain
war industries, Month by month, the
primary load of the Southern Ontario
System has continued to exceed the
loads recorded for the corresponding
unontlus of the previous year, with the
result that the energy generated and
nurchased by the Commission during
1945 again reached, an all time high
of nearly 1.2,500,000,000:. kilowatt
for
hoursthe, some year 451939. per cent greater than
This situation makes the provision
of additional rower supplies an ug-
ent problem.' For that reason the past.
year was one of intensive planning
rather than construction. The Com-
missions' plans for thenextfewyears
include the construction of one large
and three medium sized power mauls
with an aggregate capacity of 537,000
horse power, Together with associated
transmission lines and other equip -
40 YEARS AGO
THE •OLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, March 8, 1906
Local marketeWhetat 70 cents,
oats 38 cents, peas 75 cents, barley
42-45 cents, butter 17-18 cents, eggs
13 cente, live hogs $6.50.
IOOF defeated AOF by ten points
in carpetball. J. Taylor defeated W.
C. Brown, 46-39, and B. J. Gibbings
defeated F. Evans, 30-25.
Walter ,Smith has come from Sea -
forth to Clutton to engage in the
papering and painting business and
has renter a stand in the Elliott
Block,
Jackson Mfg, Co. have added seven
or eight people to thea staff.
Goderich Collegiate Institute de-
feated `CCI, .hockey team at God-
erich 10-1 C.C.I. line-up being: Goal,
Is Manning; point, D. L. Cranston;
cover point, C. Copp; rover, B, 'John.
son; forwards, R. Mckenzie, E. Rey-
nolds, E. ds Sheppard.
e ard.
pp
Dr. McLean has been requested by
Presbytery of Huron to continue as
Presbyterian minister at Blyth until
November.
Percy Wanless has opened a har-
ness shop in B. A. Higgins' oid stand,
in Varna.
James Thompson's' roller flour mill
in Bayfield will commence operations
this week,
Richard and Will Robinson, Goshen
Line, Stanley, leave this week for
their new home,-
In connection with a controversy
between Town Council and the Col-
legiate Institute Board, M. D. Me-
Taggart, secretary of the Board, read
a letter to Town Council
The Jackson Mfg. Co., have added
seven or eight people to their staff
this week.
John Thompson, Jr., Goderich
Township, contemplates going West
this spring to take up land,
The audit of Goderich Township
treasurer's books has been in pro-
gress for two weeks; it is costing
$100 per week.
N. W. Trewartha is teacher of S.S.
No. 13, Goderich Township.
On the eve of the departure of Mr.
and Mrs. Oliver Jervis for the West,
a number of their friends gathered
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben
Grigg when a few hours were please
antly spent.
25 YEARS AGO
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
March 10, 1921
Col. J. A. Cooper, director r, d otos of the
Cmndian Govern nent office in New
Fork, is to retire from the Govern-
ment service soon to become a part-
ner in the firm of :Smith, Benne and
Moose~ advertising agents, Toronto.
He is <an old Clinton boy, being the
Celdlinton.eet son of Mrs. William Cooper,
Rocve R .7. Miller, in the absence
of Mayor McMurray, occupied the
chair at Monday evening's Town
Council meeting,
M. D. McTaggart has received his
new McLaughlin sedan.
Blyth ratepayers voted Monday for
.ythe hydro enabling bylaw by a
mai'ority of 121.
Charles Tyner has sold the Palace
Bleck to Mr. Carer«, who will open a
fruitstore in the near future.
W. Wedlock. Clinton, has received
the contract at $1,000 for wiring and
sm », u yyingHall.
fixtures for Blyth Com -
t
Mnvrie--Greig-Hodge—In Clinton,
on Monday, March 7, 1921, by Rev.
J. E. Hogg of Willis Presbyterian
Chusch, Alice Louise Hodge, eldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
Hodge, London, England, to Laurence
Edgar Greig, London, Ontario, son
of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Greig, Clinton.
Robins and blackbirds were seen
on March 8.
William Finlay has purchased Wil-
liam Pickard's farm, Cut Line, God-
erirlt Township, and the latter is giv-
ing up farming on account of illness.
Two electric storms took place in
this district this week.
A very disastrous fire occurred at
Bayfield, March 4, when the storage
barn' of Robert Spackman and two
threshing machines, were totally de-
stroyed.
4 4 4
THE CLLNTO;N NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, March 10. 1921
Clinton markets — Eggs, 85-36.
cents; butter, 55 cents; live hogs,
$13.50.
A public meeting was held in the
Town Hall to hear A. G. Ludlow,
assessor commissioner of Brantford,
tell about the assessment syetetn
used there:
B. J. Gibbings is undergoing treat -
anent in a Baltimore hospital follow-
ing a serious operation which turned
out entirely successful,
A Large number of citizens visited
the Model School yesterday afternoon
and evening.
W. T. Henry has sold his cottage
on Rattenbury St. to Mr. Williams;
stonecutter with Ball and Aitkinson,
John Gibbings, Clinton's oldest
native-born citizen, celebrated his
82nd birth March •. The occasion
was narked by the annual home -
gathering of his children, except B.
J. Gibbings, who ie.in 81 Agnes Hos-
pital, Baltimore, '
Borne Moffatt,,Kippen, had a most
successful sale last week, before go-
ing West.
A young son of Mr. and Mrs, Wil-
liam McGregor, IKippen, whose life
was despaired of, is now convalescing.
The .Commercial Hotel will be de-
molished 'and all materials will be
sold.
Ment, this program will involve en
expenditure of about $112,000,000:
In connection with rural electric
service the lifting' of restrictions en-
abled the Commission to construct
1,073 miles of lines and there was a
net increase of 11,442 in consumers,
Shortage of materials and 1ahonn pre-
vented full advantage being taken of
the improved situation. •
Stimulated by rate reductions in-
corporated in the new uniform rural'
rate structure and by other rate re-
ductions .made in 1945. the use, of
power in rural areas increased' by
nearly 13 per cent, In August lash
the rural load of 132,60e horse power
was the highest ever recorded,
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hold
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We also have a good stock of Tubes .and Batteries
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Of course, we still do the
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"THE ROME OF REAL SERVICE"
A QUESTION
and
AN ANSWER
We are often asked "Do you charge extra
for the use of your Funeral Home and Chapel?"
The answer is "No," as a,service to Clinton (and
surrounding districts) s
we provide 1
de all
these
facilities for each and every service conducted
by Beattie Funeral Service.
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benefits THE WHOLE community
Regular employment and pay envelopes make for
carefree families—for prosperous communities—for
"good times" for employer and employee alike. The
National Employment Service, with offices in more
than 200 cities and towns across Canada, serves the
needs of both employers and employees --and the
local N. E. S. office takes its place in importance to
the community among the time honoured corn»
murtity institutions—the Post Office, the Court
,House, the City Hall
Without National Employment Service, the worker is
left to his own initiative to finda job to support
himself and his family. The employer may be un-
able to reach workers he requires. National Employ-
ment Service is the clearing house through which
employer and employee are brought together, so
that both may have their free choice of the entire
employment market,
National Employment Service has
5• main functions:
1—Organization of the whole employment market,
curd bringing together employers and employees;
2—Collection of information on employment•prob-
' lents for the use of Government, Maxtagemeztt
and Labour;
3—Administration of Reinstatement in Civil Em
ployartent Act;
4—Dealing with. Unemployment Insurance Benefits;,
5
":De alir►g with Out -of -Work Benefits for Ex -Service
Personnel.
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Make full use of the Local Office of National Employment
Service. It is there to serve your needs, and those of
the entire Community.
NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
Dominion Labour Department
HUMPHREY MITcHSLL A. Mk'L'HAMARA
.,.� Minl„er dl Labour < Deputy M;nrsro